Spence named alumni coordinator

  POPLARVILLE – Traci Comesana Spence has returned to her alma mater as coordinator of alumni services and Development Foundation administrative assistant at Pearl River Community College.
  Spence, a graduate of Purvis High School, earned an associate’s degree from PRCC in 2005. She went on to Louisiana State University where she earned a business marketing degree.
   “I’m happy to be back at PRCC, a place that I thoroughly enjoyed being a part of while I attended school here,” Spence said. “As the coordinator of alumni services and Foundation administrative assistant, I look forward to helping grow our group of active alumni and helping others see the importance of investing in our students.”                       
She worked for the Girl Scouts of Greater Mississippi for five years in recruitment, program planning and management and is currently a volunteer for the Girl Scouts’ Gold Award Committee.
  “As a graduate of Pearl River, Traci expresses a deep respect and admiration for this institution and the thousands of students and alumni who are a part of our college family,” said Ernie Lovell, executive director of the Development Foundation and Alumni Services. “I know that Traci will be a true professional in her new role with the foundation and that our college with benefit greatly from the experience and skills that she brings to this position.” 
  Spence and her husband, Josh Spence, have a newborn daughter, Journi. The family lives in Carriere.
  As alumni coordinator, Spence succeeds Candace Mooney Harper, who is now director of bookstore services at PRCC.